Repairing raspberry varieties are growing in popularity . This is not surprising, since a culture developing in the annual phase significantly facilitates care compared to caring for traditional ordinary raspberries with its inherent two-year life cycle, consisting of the development of annual shoots in the first year and their fruiting in the next.
Repairing raspberries have time to form stems in a season and give a full crop. Such plants include Raspberry Firebird, a description of the variety of which is presented in this publication.
Species features
The accelerated phases of the growth and development of the bush are the main advantages of the maintenance crops, such as the raspberry Firebird. We begin the description of the variety with the external data of the plant. This is a slightly spreading bush, the shoots of which reach up to 1.9 m in height. The stems are green, dense, prickly. The thorns, soft and thin, are concentrated in the lower and middle parts of the shoot. Leaves of medium size, ripe purple-red berries, usually medium and large, reaching a weight of 4-6 g. Their dessert flavor is remarkable: fresh, sweet and sour with a well-defined traditional aroma. The conical shape of the fruits and their bright color are very decorative, bushes sprinkled with red berries really resemble the fabulous Firebird, decorating the site and delighting the gardener.
Raspberry Firebird: variety description, reviews
Cultivated in the Central and Central Black Earth regions of Russia. The average winter hardiness of the variety does not allow gardeners of the Urals and Siberia to fully use the potential of the plant - in moderate latitudes the berries do not have time to ripen before the onset of cold weather. In the central regions, fruiting occurs by the end of summer, in hot years - in mid-August. Fruit yield is 70-90%.
Thawed shoots in the winter are cut almost to the base and destroyed, thereby preventing the appearance of pests and diseases, to which varieties of ordinary raspberries are susceptible. The absence of traditional diseases is one of the main advantages of such a culture as the raspberry remontant Firebird. The description of the variety would be incomplete if we had not noted this advantage of the plant. Gardeners practicing the cultivation of remont raspberries do not use deterrents and fungicides, since this is not necessary.
Crop yield
Raspberry Firebird, the variety description of which has been published, has a high yield. Proper agricultural technology makes it possible to get from one plant up to two-plus kilograms of berries with juicy fragrant flesh. Fruits that delight gardeners in the autumn time, not traditional for raspberries, are eaten fresh or processed. Jam, jam, compotes, homemade raspberry wine and many other delights of Russian cuisine are amazingly delicious and unforgettable.
Raspberry Firebird, the variety description of which is presented, received a worthy assessment and recognition by summer residents for excellent productivity, decorativeness and a pleasant taste of berries.